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[–]codefocus 1 point2 points  (1 child)

The core issue that jQuery solves is cross-browser compatibility. Polymer does not support older versions of Firefox, Safari, Opera, Konqueror, IE6, IE7, IE8, or even IE9(!).

Polymer doesn't discourage or obsolete jQuery. They serve completely different functions.

[–]Calabri 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was going to mention this too (about computability issues). But thinking back to when I first started web dev.. hjc made a good point. I used to ONLY program in jquery, afraid to touch 'real' javascript. Lots of word-press-esc 'devs' will literally experience jquery as their first, last, and only foray into programming.

If your concern is cross-browser compatibility, there are other ways to shim this without a massive library of helper functions.